Or Daijoubu can order straight from Diatec.
I can't read japanese much, but ordering straight should be doable?

edit: Ready to pre order from elsewhere too.
http://www.sofmap.com/product_detail/exec/.../gid=SA10010000
http://www.sofmap.com/product_detail/exec/.../gid=SA10010000

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Apr 22 2012, 11:26 PM

Haha yup that is the normal price of Filco's in Japan.
cheapest i see so far for TKL is 10500yen in Akihabara.
They're all pretty expensive and close to retail price here.
The closest i see to a good deal is 7000yen for the Archiss AS-KB87T. That's like RM265.

Kaiser, this is the last thing I want to hear/read! Which part of the keyboard gave way?

Haha i could, but for that amount of money, i rather wait and get it here when it arrives to inter-asia, with local warranty to boot =D.

Thats the problem with Akihabara. There is SO DAMN MANY things to buy, but everything is freaking expensive you end up just salivating at the hardware without actually able to buy it

Front right.

It's a non issue for me. 1 Piece of paper makes it good.
It might be an isolated case, but then again, I only have 1 Realforce.

Belated Ducky 9008G2pro review - brief version (photos coming soon)

9008G2pro is the name of Ducky's latest mechanical keyboard model. Details are available at DuckyChannel website.

It is mean to replace 9008G2, they've removed it from their product list. (this explains the recent price drop of 9008G2)

Tech Specs

- 104 keys full size keyboard
- 4 extra system shortcut key
- Detachable USB cable
- Dip switch for altering key functions (eg Windows key, caps / ctrl swap, alt / win swap, USB 6KRO / NKRO)
- Cherry MX Blue (other MX switches available as well) - need confirm with Storm88
- NKRO (PS/2 and USB) (enable from Dip switch)
- Multimedia shortcut key
- Partial LED backlit (WASD keys)
- UV coated keys

Packaging

Same as Ducky 9008G2, gold label on red box.

Included:
- Keyboard
- USB cable
- USB to PS/2 adapter
- ring key puller
- WASD key caps (translucent)
- keyboard sleeve
- plastic keyboard cover
- multilingual user manual

Review

Pros:

- Above average build quality - Compared among mechanical keyboards
- Aluminium plate mounted - Good, but not the best as certain brand that uses metal plate which is much sturdier
- Genuine Cherry MX switches
- Mac OS X support
- NKRO over USB (Windows Only, configured via dip switch)
- 6KRO over USB (Mac OS X & Windows, configured via dip switch)
- Detachable USB cable - easy replacement & proper cable management during transport
- Multimedia shortcut keys
- Four extra shortcut function keys
- Classy and secure packaging - dat RED box
- Included keyboard cover, sleeve, 4 extra translucent key caps and ring key cap puller
- Slight high customizability

Subjective:

- Modern-regular design
- Plate mounted - restricts switch changing in exchange of sturdiness (some people prefer PCB mounted)
- Gold plated USB cable - neither good or bad as it serves nothing (just a marketing gimmick)
- Cherry MX Blue - Tactile, Clicky
- Cherry Stabilizers - Easy for changing key caps, but changes the feel of the key
- ABS key cap - less durable than PBT, but cheaper
- Windowed keys - slightly harder to find replacement key caps, unless you're OK using non-windowed key caps on it.
- Partial backlit - Somehow, I think it's a bit pointless...

Cons:

- QC issues on consistency - frame alignment, plastic mold marks
- Short elevation feet
- Heavy
- Short USB cable
- useless cable management rail - same problem as 9008S / 9008G2 (force bending the USB cable to fit)
- Coated key caps - when the coating wears off, the key caps will look bad...
- Slightly raised key cap printing - letters are more prone to wear and tear
- no LED brightness control - The LEDs are blinding me (using translucent key caps)
- Short elevation feet
- Ring key puller - Ducky pls, a proper wire key cap puller only RM15 or less, Y U no like???? yuno.jpg

Note:
- lower profile (slightly lower than 9008G2 due to different bottom case) [wait for photos]

This post has been edited by JohnDiew0107: Apr 23 2012, 09:49 AM

@above,
Nice review, that pretty much cover all(and of course even more details) I read from China forum.

http://www.waishehome.cn/thread-49122-1-1.html

Also, it is better if you explain more on the change in bottom case of the board(reduced height, new improved wire grooves and so on).

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 22 2012, 11:53 PM

OK, thanks. We'll find out in a few months if mine has the same problem. I plan to give the keyboard a good workout, like 10 hours a day.

It could either be enclosure flex, or height of the rubber foots are not even.
Removing the offending rubber foot and putting layers (as thick as the 1 piece of paper u used) of double sided tape in between the rubber foot and enclosure should do the trick without looking tacky

im just a newbie
dont want buy so expensive kb
but izzit really nice?

is who?? got link?
and what surprice?

any1 carry o-ring(sell),my transfer from black to blue is so hard to get used to it so noisy

the o-ring will just silence the sound of key bottoming out, the clicky sound will be as loud as ever

head's up for the good summary!!!!
patiently waiting for pics to see how the "coated" keycaps look....

10 hours a day? a programmer?

This post has been edited by rurushu: Apr 23 2012, 08:13 AM

Go read his blog.
Maybe you can figure out what he is doing

The review needs more pictures.

ducky just posted a teaser video of the dragon edition on facebook

oh... okok... will go sneak peak....

eh~~~ how's it?

have a report due tomorrow, I guess the photos gonna wait for a few days

@rurushu - LOL. No, I'm not a programmer. I do statistics (number crunching on Stata mainly), write reports, and blog (on my corporate site, membership site, and personal site). On some days, I can spend up to 20 hours at my workstation/office. I'm a healthcare consultant. When I'm away from my office, I attend meetings, do live training, give talks, conduct surveys, and spend/waste time at airports.

This post has been edited by epiguru: Apr 23 2012, 10:15 PM

just some LEDS running around .____.

a colleague at work came to our workstation to use our computer and he commented our keyboard was very good (it was a cheap a-ss rubberdome if your wondering)

I told him mech keyboard are much better *face palm >_>:

nubs lulz..

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Apr 23 2012, 11:50 PM